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About Lily Loring

I live on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, my office is in midtown Manhattan, and and am blessed with a great life. We are "old time" WestSiders, with extended family and lots of community right here in our 'hood. My background is in Fine Art, History and business. Lily Loring is my nom de plume.

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GothamGirl’s Knickerbockers

In 1807, long before Batman or Goths were running around town, Washington Irving wrote about New York City as “Gotham” in his satire Salmagundi, and in his novel, A History of New-York from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty, by Diedrich Knickerbocker (1809). He satirized New York City and some of the city’s self-important New Yorkers, and created a ficticious forefather, Father Knickerbocker.

The result?

Many striving New Yorkers of the time and since, claimed to be directly descended from ficticious Father Knickerbocker or from the ficticious author , Dietrich Knickerbocker, as a mark of good breeding and honor.

Also, we have Irving Place, Washington Irving High School, the town of Irvington, many businesses with Gotham or Knickerbocker in their names and the NY Knicks…and the beloved nickname for New York City ….Gotham.

Very soon, GothamGirl will publish actual, contemporary photos of GothamGirl’s Knickerbockers making their way around town.

The new Van Gogh and the Colors of the Night exhibit now at the MoMA is a lesson in the beauty and skill of painting- like notes from one painter to all others. The show has a small number of works and is in small galleries, and although I saw it at a member’s preview, it was still crowded. But go, and have some patience, it is so worthwhile.

Each inch of canvas seems alive. The incredible emotion and color of his work are still, and always, so moving. It is there until January 5, 2009.

If you are not a MoMA member, order your tickets on line in advance and you will be able to see the show on the day of your visit, otherwise you need to get a special timed ticket when you enter the museum and you can not be sure to get in to this special exhibit.

Vacation is over and we are getting ready for the new season of arts in New York City; art exhibits, concerts, films, theatre, readings and other events. Shortly, I will be updating interesting and/or unique listings that might be easily overlooked among all of the events happening in New York City. Please send me information about an event you would like me to list.

Andy StatmanTrio (Andy on clarinet and mandolin, Jim Whitney on bass and Larry Eagle on drums and percussion) are back at the Charles Street Shul (Congregation Derech Amuno) on Charles St at West 4th most Mondays and Thursdays at 8:30 PM. They play klezmer, of course, and very wicked bluegrass.

The MoMA will have a new exhibit of Vincent Van Gogh titled: Van Gogh and the Colors of Night opening September 21. Hmmmmmm. Paintings of in New York at night need that soft red sky of summer…or the deep blue sky of October.

An indescribable friend sent me this note: “Hope you’re feeling and doing as close to optimally well (according to your self-definitions) as humanly possible. I expect that this event will be particularly enjoyable if you’re into this type of thing; and even if you’re not. I hope to see you there. ” Havdalah Kirtan this Saturday: Themes of Forgiveness and the High Holy Days with Rabbis Andrew Hahn and David Ingber combines yoga, chanting and Havdalah, which is the Jewish end of Shabbat.
Actually, it is not my cup of tea but I think that I will go once. Sounds like fun.

High Holidays check list: make appologies, pay up debts, study something worthwhile, decide on which shul you will attend, get tickets, invite friends and family, reply to invitations, give some Tzedakah (Charity)….. try to think about something in addition to the presidential race and the financial markets.